Sindh Planning and Development Minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani and his wife Fariha Razak Haroon were found dead at their residence Karachi on Thursday.
Members of Bijarani’s family and officials of the Pakistan Peoples Party confirmed that Bijarani and his wife were found dead at their home and had suffered gunshot wounds.
Bijarani was born on 10 July 1946 in Karampur, Sindh. He did Bachelors from National Collage in Karachi and Masters in Political Science. He was a professional lawyer and did LLB from Sindh Muslim Law College.
He began his political career after he was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1974. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1977 general election.
He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1988.
He was elected to the National Assembly from NA-157 (Jacobabad) for the first time in 1990 elections. He was re-elected as MNA from NA-157 (Jacobabad) as PPP candidate in 1997 general elections.
He was re-elected from NA-209 (Jacobabad) as a candidate of PPP in 2002 general elections. He became an MNA from Constituency NA-209 in 2008.
